Friday, March 18, 2011

Guess it's about time...

It's been a month since I posted so I guess it's about time for a flurry of posts. No, NOT a flurry of snow, thank you very much. The snow is all melted here (except for a few grimy persistent plow piles), and spring bulbs have started to come up for air. We made it!

I've been painting (happy dance, happy dance, yes I've been painting!). I think I am finally recovered from the frantic prep for my February show--a story I won't share, but I assure you it was a nightmare wonderful learning experience. I've put the trauma behind me and gotten back to the easel.

So here's the first one. If you follow me on Facebook, you've already seen it, but not everyone has a FB account (it's true!) so I have to post it here too.

Looking Up, 24 x 24 inches, soft pastel on paper. SOLD

A friend of mine is wholly responsible for this piece (well, except for the painting part, which was all done by me). He insisted that he really loved this angle and I should do whatever I had to do to correct the camera distortion (this baby was warped!) and make it into a painting. I decided to give it a try, and after about two weeks and fifteen attempts, I came up with a workable drawing. After that, the painting was pretty easy.

There is a funny and charming story (I have a funny and charming life--just ask me!) about how I got the reference images for this and the other paintings in my stained glass series. You can read all about it in this post and this post.